Chemical Warfare

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    600 BC - Assyrians

    600 BC - Assyrians
    The Assyrians contaminated their enemies' water supply with a poison called Rye Ergot. The poison came from "skunk cabbage", which is a poisonous plant that grows near water.
  • Jan 1, 1346

    Tartars

    Tartars
    The Tartars hurled the corpses of people who died of a plague over the Kaffan walls. Historians say that this started the Black Death, or Bubonic Plague.

  • World War I

    World War I
    The Germans started using Chlorine Gas and Mustard Gas.